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...Robert Jenrick, the former immigration minister, branded the government “feeble” for imposing sanctions on only two Chinese officials and one Chinese entity on Monday....
...Robert Shrimsley Well, where’d you close the adjournment in Portcullis House? Where does that fit into the taxonomy? Lucy Fisher Oh, I think that’s . . . Miranda Green Possible, but not probable....
...Robert ShrimsleyI think it’s all very strange and maybe they assumed there’d be a two-minute conversation about it and it got out of hand....
...The FT’s Lucy Fisher is joined by Political Fix regulars George Parker, Robert Shrimsley and Miranda Green to discuss the government’s tricky balancing act....
...I mean, Jon Ashworth managed to get two days on saying he’s bet £10 on whether or not there’d be an election in May....
...Robert ShrimsleyYes, we rely on sedan chairs. Lucy Fisher(Laughter) Seen only in the entertainment districts of major cities....
...Sir Robert Chote, a prominent economist who chairs the UK Statistics Authority, also resigned from the club on Tuesday morning....
...Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick, seen as a future Tory party leadership contender, said: “This feeble response will only embolden China to continue its aggression towards the UK.”...
...One Labour shadow cabinet member said: “You’d expect them to stick to the economy, given that the Budget was last week. Instead of which they are playing straight into the hands of Reform.”...
...I’d go so far as to say it’s more chaotic than it was when Boris Johnson was there and that’s saying something,” the former minister added....
...Michael CrickI’d buy one or two, and then I’d certainly buy loads of George Galloway’s, ‘cause he will now . . . It looks like making his fourth appearance as an MP for a fourth different seat....
...He urged the party to return Hester’s donation, saying: “Ideally, you’d want to pay it back” but acknowledged that some of the funds may have already been spent....
...“We’d have been crazy to have a May election,” said one cabinet minister. But Sunak’s decision is a gamble on things getting better. What if he is wrong?...
...I’m Lucy Fisher and this is Political Fix from the Financial Times....
...Well, in a competitive world, you’d be able to put your prices up. But then also at some level, we’ve stopped thinking of higher education university as a public good, right?...
...Baroness Anne Jenkin, chair of the Women2Win campaign that aims to get more female Tory MPs elected, said: “I’d encourage any women on the candidates list to put their names forward....
...UK immigration minister Robert Jenrick quit on Wednesday after Rishi Sunak made a last-ditch attempt to save his Rwanda asylum policy with controversial “emergency” legislation and unleashed a rightwing...
...Miranda GreenI’d call that a fairly honourable defeat....
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